Jo Mazelis’s first novel ‘Significance’ (Seren, 2014) won the 2015 Jerwood Fiction Uncovered Prize. Her collection of stories, ‘Diving Girls’, was shortlisted for the Commonwealth ‘Best First Book’ and Wales Book of the Year. Her second book, ‘Circle Games’, was long-listed for Wales Book of the Year. Her stories have been broadcast on BBC Radio 4, published in various anthologies and magazines, and translated into Danish. Her third collection of stories ‘Ritual, 1969’ (Seren, 2016) was shortlisted for Wales Book of the Year and longlisted for the Edge Hill Prize 2017. ‘Blister & other Stories’ was shortlisted for the International Rubery Award.

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